# NTSB FTW86LA149: Cessna 210, N9998Y, Tulsa, OK, August 14, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 14, 1986, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Coordinates: 36.149456, -95.899948 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1495&lon=-95.8999&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 5 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22075
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW86LA149
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22075/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LA149

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, approach
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - emergency
  - wheels up landing - intentional, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS ON AN APPROACH INTO TULSA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SURGE AFTER THE LANDING GEAR HAD BEEN LOWERED. THE PILOT INFORMED THE TOWER HE THOUGHT HE WAS EXPERIENCING FUEL EXHAUSTION. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED 2,000 FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY 17L. THE PILOT HAD NOT VISUALLY CHECKED THE FUEL TANKS PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. ON EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE, AFTER THE ACCIDENT, NOTHING MECHANICALLY WRONG COULD BE FOUND WITH THE ENGINE. THERE WAS NO FUEL FOUND IN EITHER OF THE TANKS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9998Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9998Y-1990-02-27), registration cancelled 1990-02-27, S/N 21064663 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Registry model: [Cessna T210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (registry code 2073456) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21064663
- Airframe hours: 870
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Glenn Hayden
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, December 1, 1985
- Departed: PSN, PALESTINE, TX
- Destination: TUL, TULSA, OK
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: TUL, Tulsa International, runway 17, 10,000 × 200 ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 5,314 total, 63 in this make and model, 6,314 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: TUL, 1 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860814039599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860814039599A), Aug 14, 1986: Cessna T210N, Tulsa, OK, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel on final approach. Crash landed gear up 2000 feet short of the runway. Did not check fuel visually.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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